Andrea Giordano

TL;DR: The new 14-item scale (dubbed mini-BESTest) focuses on dynamic balance, can be conducted in 10-15 min, and contains items belonging evenly to 4 of the 6 sections from the original BESTest.

TL;DR: The DASH and QuickDASH values could represent the lower boundary for a range of MCID values (reasonably useful for different populations and contextual characteristics), and the mean-change approach and receiver-operating-characteristic-curve analysis results showed this was the case.

TL;DR: It is concluded that body sway increased after strenuous physical exercise, but was little affected by exercise performed below the estimated anaerobic threshold, and therefore were not liable to seriously threaten body equilibrium.

TL;DR: The Mini-BESTest appears to have a lower ceiling effect, slightly higher reliability levels, and greater accuracy in classifying individual patients who show significant improvement in balance function.

TL;DR: Young to middle aged patients with RA with low disease activity, free from cardiovascular risk factors and overt cardiovascular disease, have an altered endothelial reactivity that seems to be primarily related to the disease associated chronic inflammatory condition.